Our 217th entry in this blog is our first time trip to Nagai Uminote Park – Soleil Hill in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan. This is our first time to go on a camping trip here in Japan. Everybody woke up early and ready to go, carrying our own camping bags. Just look at how big Papa Dave’s bag is. That is our camping tent! 🙂

Soleil Hill offers a great view of Sagami Bay and Mt. Fuji from its location on a cape. The park features various attractions such as seasonal flowers and a petting zoo that is popular for animals such as capybaras, kangaroos, and alpacas! There is also an area for various styles of camping, hot baths, and more.

Even if our bags are heavy, I never heard Ate Rei and Sai complained. So much excitement from these two 🙂

This comprehensive park in western Nagai District, Yokosuka City gets visitors up close to agriculture, crafts, and animals. The grounds are barrier free. There’s load of fun all day long with various attractions like the Miura Peninsula’s only Ferris wheel and a Tebura Barbecue where they rent all the cooking gear you need.

The camp area is not yet open until noon time. So we left our bags in the reception cabin and went straight to exploring the park.

We had our lunch first at a food hall called Lyon. There are lots of people here but they always have space for dining. People come and go so fast 🙂

We then explored my favorite area, the flower fields. Mount Fuji is seen as a backdrop from the field. Since it is spring time, colorful flowers are in bloom. There is a field for blue ones, pink flowers, yellows, and a mix of colorful blooms.

We also explored the playground area with the Ferris wheel and made a note in to what rides we are going to do first.

Then we went back to the reception cabin to gather our stuffs and setup our tent.

Look at our little Senoritos and Senoritas. haha! They said that they got tired of pulling the things so they wanted to rest first, while Papa Dave is busy setting up the tent. 🙂

This is also Papa Dave’s first time to set up a bigger tent where we can all fit. He is used to camping but he only brings a smaller tent. We are all so excited to sleep in this one tonight!

A little relax time, siesta time. It is so nice to stay under the heat of the sun, while the wind is cold. 🙂

We had some snacks and drinks before we go out of our tent and start our rides in the park.

Ate Rei and Sai’s first ride is the water shooting ride called the diver shooter. It is the only ride there with no line. hehe 🙂 While Papa Dave is ordering some drinks somewhere!

The slide park is one of our favorite. The slides are so big, even adults can have fun with it!

Next is Sai’s favorite ride, the gogo ride. It is his first time to drive a car with this long race path. And he is now driving by himself, with me as his passenger. Achievement unlocked dude! Also for Ate Rei, she is the driver and Papa Dave is her passenger.

We then walked by the play pond and hanging bridge to go to the Animal Village.

Experience farm that is larger than ever. You will meet a lot of farm animals. And you can also get to pet them and feed them. Capybaras, kangaroos, alpacas, ponies, dogs, rabbits, and many other animals can be found in the Animal Village. There is also a petting area and bird show.

We then went to another play area, a wider one. Our little Sai tried the excavator ride.

Working car body experience made by VOLVO. You can control the excavator at will. Just like the real ones! 🙂 After these afternoon activities, we are now heading for somewhere to eat.

The covered barbecue building has a maximum capacity of 640 seats. It can be enjoyed by everyone from families to groups. At night, a BAR is available for drinks around the campfire. Enjoy time with close friends, family, and loved ones.

At night, we did some fireworks, but of course, safe for kids 🙂

As the park is getting darker for the night, we went back to our campsite. The wind is getting colder, so we needed to hide in our tents. 🙂

The first thing I did in the morning was to go back to the flower fields and took lots of pictures where there are no people around! hehe 🙂 While Papa Dave is busy cooking our breakfast meal, camping style.

After our camping breakfast, we went out to the playground area. There are a few people who did the camping, so the playground is not yet crowded. All to ourselves! 🙂

We finally had the chance to get in the Shiva Slider early in the morning. Yesterday, there were lots of kids lining up in here! This is a sledding attraction with a maximum slope of 18 degrees and a total length of 44 meters. In the photos, it looks like the grass slide is floating. 🙂

By the time we got tired of sliding, we went to the RV Campsite area. The round, colon-shaped green kitchen car stands in THE VIEW with a 180° view of the ocean! This is a pet-friendly café where you can stop by with your pets on your way to walk along the Boardwalk!

We then went to the tip part of the park called The View. This is a relaxing area, where you can also do picnics and other beach fun activities.

There are lots of shells and mini crabs by the beach. Ate Rei and Sai are collecting small pretty shells. They always do this every time they step on a beach shore. 🙂

It’s almost time to go home, but we have not tried all rides and foods yet. We got some doughnut snacks, and tried our skills in the shooting gallery.

We toured the area for the last time using the mini train. We discovered a lot of areas we still have not visited. The park is so huge we need to go back here again!

We are now ready to leave this beautiful place. Sai is trying out Papa Dave’s camping bag. It is so big that he can fit himself inside it. 🙂
This has been one of our favorite trips to date. We will surely go back camping here in Soleil Hill. 🙂